Genvex Connect
superrob/genvexconnect · vv1.5.4
Integrate your Genvex Connect/Nilan Gateway locally into your Home Assistant setup
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
climate | Thermostat | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) | |
button | Button (as a switch) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Genvex/Nilan ventilation units connect through the Nabto gateway; model detection issues were resolved by the maintainer.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilan Comfort 300LR (Comfort Light, CTS602 light) | Works Local | Wrong values until gateway power-cycled; then T9 and light-variant sensors addedSaved copyThat might be the first CTS602 light i have encountered. So nice of you to create the issue. In the identifiers the "SDM" value is 0, however for the Comfort Light it should have been 2, thus the wrong model gets loaded. You can see that it loaded CTS602 instead of CTS602light. In the Nilan app, what model does it display? Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #19 · 2025-01 | |
| Nilan CTS400 ventilation unit | Partly works Local | Sensor addresses reportedly differ from other Nilan libraries; values mismatch appSaved copyIt seems like the addresses in the GenvexNabtoCTS400 for the sensors does not match the addresses in the other Nilan libraries. From what i can find, ex. https://github.com/nic6911/ESP32_Modbus_Module/blob/main/esphome_example_code/Nilan_cts400.yaml has the addresses that matches my test results (image placed last in this comment) Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #7 · 2024-08 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 153 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 62 |
| Latest version | v1.5.4 (2026-09-25) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @superrob |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
Sources
- Documentation: https://github.com/superrob/genvexconnect
- Source code: https://github.com/superrob/genvexconnect
- Issues: https://github.com/superrob/genvexconnect/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
